The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-11

son, Jeremiah B. Collins. The congregation s
was then dismissed with benedictiou.
Dr. Stowe preached at o'clock an ordination
sermon, after which Bishop Mallalieu ordained
as elders Benjamin Ward. John w. Russell,
Alexander Adams. Ezra D. Miller, Nathaniel
Talbot, Frederick White, AID Horace &. Buck
ner.
Missionary Work of the Nethodists.
The night meeting. which was attended by al
audience even larger than that of the morning,
of welldressed, prosperous appearing people.
was earnest and spirited The congregational
singing, with full, rich voices swelled into
melody that much more than filled the building.
1t rolled out of the windows in glad anthem
that we'll suited the glorious day. II am a
soldier of the cross. follower of the Lamb" in
those earnest voices, took on deeper signif-
canoe than when usually sung, as did the fami-
a liar hymn y;an blood dhers is fountain R's
Jones led in prayer. Chaplain Nc
Cabe, missionary secretary. who last year
rang out the cry. "a million for missions, then
spoke He said he was a very tired man. He
certainly looked so as be began to speak, but not
after he had spoken FIVE minutes. He said that
at the battle of Waterloo the Duke of Yelling
ton asked Scotch marshal if he could hold his
position. gle me grip o your conquering
hand and think can" If you will only get a
hold on the Lord Jesus we can do all things. but
when there is no divine power about our work
we never accomplish very much for his kingdom
in the world. How great is the need of mission
airy work in our own country. We have 900
workers in this land alone under pay. In whole
or in part, by our missionary society. We got
IN debt by sweeping into the South at
the close of the We got in
debt $3.50, 900 because went to the
rescue of your people. We helped TO build your
churches. organized your districts and your con-
ferences in all the South, and did it so thorough
ly that We got largely in debt. Last November
the last dollar of that debt was paid, and we had
$50, 600 in the treasury to begin new year.
This year we have had 5000 more missionary
money every day than ever before-a dollar a
minute more than it was before the cry of a
million raised. l will tell you how it was
DONE The way TO get money for good cause
is to tell the people what you did with the mon
ey they gave you before. For nearly twenty years
have been following that advice, telling the peo-
pie in simple way whatwe did with the money
they gave The effect is marvellous upon
a man who has given to you He feels
like doubling it up all the time.
gentleman gave me $500 told him next year
what had been done with it. Two Sunday
schools and two congregations had been gathered
by that money. He was so pleased that next
year he gave me ST, 900. l went back to him
next year, expecting 50, 900. 1 took my wife
along to seel that man give money. When
the collection was taken and the card came up
there was not thing upon it. | was much dis
appointed. / thought there was something
wrong about me; that wasn't up to grade. 1
went down to his countng-room the next day,
Monday morning. to bid him goodbye Why
said he, you're not going SO soonl thought
you would stay until tonight. have got some
thing for you Then he took down a check
book. He wrote my name in the check. then
he began to make figures. He made l, then
he made cipher. and then another and
another: l turned to my wife and ;. said
pen. don't think ever watched man with
such breathless, thrilling interest before. He
made another cipher and tore off the check. 1t
was for $4,000 What did that do2 1t built
forty houses OF worship, gathered forty Sunday
schools together. and this by simply telling him
what good had been done by his money before.
l believe our whole church would double its mis-
sionary collections If we were to tell them the
wonderful things done with their money"
Amazing things have been done in the South
since the war. 1t amounts to S., 900 every day
since Old Abe issued the proclamation of eman-
cipation, the first day of January, 1868. We
own in the South to-day more than $40, 000 900 Of
church and school property, all accumulated
since the war. Nothing in missionary work
like that was ever done since the world began.
The colored people of this country owe the Meth
odist Church debt of gratitude they never can
pay.
What do we want of this million we are ask
ing forl We want TO send out more mission
aries-we want to double our missionary work
all round the world. We have 1900 pupts
down South to speak for the old flag. l thank
God they pray for the government that it may
endure forever. We want not only to work
among our own people, but all over the earth.
Some people believe this too big plan of cam
palgn. We believe we can reach every CONT
nent and every island with the gospel of saliva
ton We have other denominations helping in
this work
There are some who say. don't send any
more missionaries to Africa Do you know what
a large continent that isl 1t is 5000 miles wide
and about 5. 900 long. It would reach from Ire
land across the broad Atlantic. and across this
country to the Pacific. But we cannot afford to
give I'D Africa. We must have it for Christ
Robert Moffett preached in Bechuana for ten
years without convert. He preached for fifty
years and thousands have become Christians.
Bishop Harrington, OF the Church of England.
in Central Africa gathered around him a little
church, few women and thrty-two men and
boys. That was in King Mtesa's country. He
| determined to stamp out this religion. He took
| them and burned them alive Not one flinched.
/ am opposed to giving up country that pro-
duces people like that. / have no doubt Bishop
| William Taylor will address larger audiences
| than this before he has been there long. NADIA
gascar. 800 miles wide and a thousand miles
| long. with 100000 population, has been saved
in 1920. Two years ago the pres
emit Queen abolished the rum traffic
| in Madagascar. She didn't ask any legislature
| to do it. She did it herself. The rum sellers
| waited on her and asked how they were to be
saved from loss-how they were to be reim-
bursed How. said the Queen, will you REIN
burse the children whose fathers you have slain,
the widows whose husbands You have destroyedl
! OF course they couldn't do that; our rum sellers
can't do it, either. Therefore. l am in favor OF
smashing their Internal business Shouts and
| loud cries of amen, amen There is
| not thing in the world barbarous
| as the rum traffic. | want you
| colored people to help drive it out 1t seems to
me the Queen of Madagascar is a great woman.
| l would like to have her Mayor of New York.
| for time. of Chicago. j think she would be
| better Mayor than Carter Harrison, who, some
| time ago, got up and congratulated the rum
| sellers upon the Improvement in their business
| And that very week this successful business had
| been the cause of four murders in Chicago"
Chaplain McCabe told the story Of Calverts
| great work among the Fiji islanders. whom he
| found cannibals There are now $50 Metho
dist churches in the Fiji islands. and fine
Sunday morning l03, 600 of the liz, 600 popula
ton found liz the churches worshiping God
! They gave. last year, $4,000 to the cause O.
missions to Christianlze other islands as bad of
as they once were.
He continued: 'It is to India that we are Il
| look for the best success. Thirty years ago
| VIM. Butler, an Irishman, planted the first Meth
! odlst mission. heard him tell all about it. Ate
| fifteen years he came back and went to Mexico
| and started missions there. / asked him i
he woald not like to 60 to India and see how
! the work had grown. He said it would TAX
81, 800, and he did not know how it could bt
| Now I have frio 7 oil u